Historique
Rapport
The cost of binge drinking
Auteur(s) :
FRANCESCONI, M. ;
JAMES, J.
Année
2015
Page(s) :
75 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
University of Bath
Collection :
Bath Economics Research Papers, No. 36/15
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
ABUS
;
COUT
;
ACCIDENT
;
ARRESTATION
;
ECONOMIE
;
URGENCE
;
EVALUATION
;
MODELE STATISTIQUE
Résumé :
We estimate the effect of binge drinking on accident and emergency attendances, road accidents, arrests, and the number of police officers on duty using a variety of unique data from Britain and a two-sample minimum distance estimation procedure. Our estimates, which reveal sizeable effects of bingeing on all outcomes, are then used to monetize the short-term externalities of binge drinking. We find that these externalities are on average £4.9 billion per year ($7 billion), about £80 for each man, woman, and child living in the UK. The price that internalizes this externality is equivalent to an additional 9p per alcoholic unit, implying a 20% increase with respect to the current average price.
Affiliation :
University of Essex and IFS ; University of Bath, UK
Autre(s) lien(s) :
http://www.bath.ac.uk/publications/the-cost-of-binge-drinking-in-the-uk/